''Allophalerus'' is an extinct genus of beetle in the family

Ommatidae The Ommatidae are a family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata. The Ommatidae are considered the extant beetle family that has most ancestral characteristics. There are only seven extant species, confined to Australia and South America. How ...

Systematics

* †''Allophalerus antiquus'' (Ponomarenko 1964)

Karabastau Formation The Karabastau Formation ( kk, Qarabastaý svıtasy) is a geological formation and lagerstätte in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan whose strata date to the Middle to Late Jurassic. It is an important locality for insect fossils that ...

, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus aphaleratus'' (Ponomarenko 1969) Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan,

Pliensbachian The Pliensbachian is an age of the geologic timescale and stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series and spans the time between 190.8 ± 1.5 Ma and 182.7 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Plien ...

* †''Allophalerus bontsaganensis'' (Ponomarenko 1997) Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia,

Aptian The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ago), a ...

* †''Allophalerus incertus'' (Ponomarenko 1969) Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan,

Hettangian The Hettangian is the earliest age and lowest stage of the Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (My ...

* †''Allophalerus latus'' (Tan et al. 2007)

Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation (; formerly transcribed as Yihsien Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the late Barremian and early Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous. It is known for its ex ...

, China, Aptian * †''Allophalerus maximus'' (Ponomarenko 1968) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus okhotensis'' (Ponomarenko 1993) Emanra Formation, Russian Federation,

Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded by t ...

* †''Allophalerus tenuipes'' (Ponomarenko 1964) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus verrucosus'' (Ponomarenko 1966)

Zaza Formation The Zaza Formation is a geological formation located in Buryatia (Russia). It dates to the Lower Cretaceous period. It is Aptian in age and consists of Sandstone, sandstones, Siltstone, siltstones, Marl, marls and bituminous Shale, shales, deposi ...

, Russia, Aptian

References

Ommatidae Fossil taxa described in 2020 Prehistoric beetle genera {{Ommatidae-stub